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Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)
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Hurley v. Eddingfield -- ("The Stubborn Doctor Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

This case illustrates that what the law means by a "special relationship" is not the same as one ordinary way of using that label. 

Supreme Court of Indiana
156 Ind. 416
No. 19,154
1901-04-04

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